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-rw-r--r--include/linux/moduleloader.h5
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c7
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleloader.h b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
index 31013c2effd3..5229c18025e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleloader.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleloader.h
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size);
/* Free memory returned from module_alloc. */
void module_memfree(void *module_region);
+/* Determines if the section name is an exit section (that is only used during
+ * module unloading)
+ */
+bool module_exit_section(const char *name);
+
/*
* Apply the given relocation to the (simplified) ELF. Return -error
* or 0.
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 41258bab24f1..537c456ce3ee 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2748,6 +2748,11 @@ void * __weak module_alloc(unsigned long size)
return vmalloc_exec(size);
}
+bool __weak module_exit_section(const char *name)
+{
+ return strstarts(name, ".exit");
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
static void kmemleak_load_module(const struct module *mod,
const struct load_info *info)
@@ -2937,7 +2942,7 @@ static int rewrite_section_headers(struct load_info *info, int flags)
#ifndef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
/* Don't load .exit sections */
- if (strstarts(info->secstrings+shdr->sh_name, ".exit"))
+ if (module_exit_section(info->secstrings+shdr->sh_name))
shdr->sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
#endif
}